Science: Down to Moho

Half in jest, the American Miscellaneous Society (AMSOC) was "founded"
by alphabet-weary scientists at the Office of Naval Research in 1952.
AMSOC has about 50 members, but no records, dues, laws or officers; its
meetings have been held at Washington cocktail parties with a
two-member quorum. Typical agenda item: how to tow Antarctic icebergs
north and melt them to irrigate Southern California. But in science the
impractical can turn practical overnight with a little cash behind it.
In Scientific American this week, Geologist Willard Bascom published
the first full report of a onetime...